Do you spend an outsized chunk of it slow in emails? If you send and receive the bulk of your Gmails on a keyboard shortcuts can prevent HOURS.

As a Digital Marketing agency, we understand your pain as we too spend an honest majority of our workday in emails. So we’ve put together a listing of the 30 keyboard shortcuts we found were the foremost useful to chop corners in Gmail.

Before you recognize it you’ll be emailing sort of a pro.

First, the way to turn Gmail shortcuts on.

Click Settings within the top-right corner of Gmail.
Under the “General” tab, find the “Keyboard shortcuts” section and choose Keyboard shortcuts on.
Click Save Changes at the underside of the page.
return to Settings, click on the “Labs” tab, find “Custom keyboard shortcuts” and click on Enable.
Click Save Changes at the underside of the page.

Now that you just have keyboard shortcuts turned on, take a glance at this comprehensive list of the most effective time-saving shortcuts.

Open keyboard shortcut help (Shift + ?)
Select a series of messages (Shift)
Select random messages (Command)
Select all unread messages (Shift + 8 + u)
Archive selected messages (e)
Mark selected messages as important (=)
Compose (c)
rummage around for messages (/)
move to tasks (g + k)
Add a conversation to tasks (Shift + t)
Reply (r)
Reply all (a)
Forward (f)
Mark current messages unread (Shift + u)
Mark selected a message as important (=)
Archive selected message (e)
Jump to newer email (k)
Jump to previous email (j)
Jump to next message in email thread (n)
Jump to the previous message within the email thread (p)
Mute a conversation (m)
Jump back to inbox view (u)
Insert a link (Command + k)
Insert numbered list (Command + Shift + 7)
Insert bullet points (Command + Shift + 8)
Bold/Italicise/Underline (Command + b/Command + l/Command + u)
Remove formatting (Command + Control + \)
Switch between send name, subject line, and body of the e-mail (Tab)
Send Email (Command + Enter)
refer Emoji keyboard (Control + Command + Space)

For the total list of Gmail keyboard shortcuts, take a glance at this Google support page.

There you have got it, before you recognize it you’ll amaze people with how briskly you'll be able to reply to their email.
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